HMS

See also: HMs

English

Noun

HMS

1. (military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship (prefix for ships in the navy of a monarchy, such as the British Royal Navy).

   Coordinate terms: USS, FS, IJN, RFS, ROKS, ROCS

2. (postage) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Service.

   Synonym: OHMS

3. (mathematics) Initialism of hour-minute-second.:
   1. A format for writing decimal angles.

      36.24° = 36° 14' 24"

   2. A 24 or 12-hour time format that includes seconds, in addition to hours and minutes.

      14:37:12 = 14:37 (2:37 pm) and 12 seconds

   3. A format for writing decimal time, usually associated with base-10 time such as during the French Revolution.

      7.4138 base-10 decimal hours = 7^h 41^m 38^s

Synonyms

• (angles): DMS

Coordinate terms

• (angles): DD, radian, gradian, mil
• (times): DHM, DHMS

Related terms

(nautical):

• HMCS
• HMAS
• HMNZS
• HMTSS
• HBMS
• HDMS
• HNMS
• HNoMS
• HNLMS
• HSwMS

(postage):

• OHMBS (On His/Her Majesty's Britannic Service)

Anagrams

• HSM, MHS, SHM, SMH, shm-, smh

Danish

Noun

HMS

1. Abbreviation of hans/hendes majestæts skib (“his/her majesty's ship”). (ship prefix for the Danish navy)

   Coordinate term: KDM

Swedish

Noun

HMS

1. (nautical, military) Hans Majestäts Skepp / Hennes Majestäts Skepp — HSwMS – His/Her Majesty's Ship (ship prefix of the Swedish Navy (Marinen))

See also

• Swedish Navy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia